Link Love, Part Two.
1. Jeff of Jefitoblog has a really wonderful Friday mixtape series going on every week. I missed the one from Friday before last, but I’m still listening to the first two, and the most recent is surely good, as it features Stars, Buckingham Nicks, Aretha Franklin & Steely Dan. Also, it’s Jefitoblog, and Jeff’s posts...
2 Nights at Madison Square Garden.
I know, I know. It’s been ages, my friends. I was on a good roll there, too. But there is this whole interning thing, and looking for a job thing, and looking for an apartment thing. Then I got ambushed by a sinus infection. I know everyone hates an excuse-giver, but I couldn’t help but...
Crikey!
Men At Work: “Down Under” (download) Elton John: “Crocodile Rock” (download) Massive Attack & Tracey Thorn: “When The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game” (download) So here I am, listening to random mp3s from some French record label, and a friend messages me and says that the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin has been stabbed by...
22nd Birthday Extravaganza!
Things in History that happened on August 28th (from Wikipedia): 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital of Ravenna and appoints his own son Romulus Augustus in his place. 1565 – St. Augustine, Florida, established. It is the oldest surviving settlement in the European United States....
I Will do Anything for Smooth Music.
I apologize for the lack of updates this week. Between interning, looking for jobs and getting ready to move out of the apt. where I was staying in Queens, it’s been a busy week. I have plenty to write about, but I’m still digesting a lot of it. However, one thing I did get to...
Hey, Thanks!
John Vanderslice: “When It Hits My Blood” (download) Pat Benetar: “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” (download) Ray Charles: “Hit The Road Jack” (download) Rilo Kiley: “It’s A Hit” (download) Spoon: “Everything Hits At Once” (download) Sugarcubes: “Hit” (download) T-Sides.com has been getting anywhere between 1,600 – 4,200 hits per day since August 1st, which...
A Setback of Sorts.
I’ve been back from Europe for just over a month now. It took awhile, but I got settled back into New York City life, and shed the constant daydreams of rocky beaches, foreign men, motorbikes and ancient civilizations. That is, until now. Last night, I was walking to the Union Turnpike subway station, and I...
Hungover.
Peter Parker: “Bender” (download) Mudhoney: “Into The Drink” (download) Have you ever been so hungover you can hardly walk? That was me today. Note to self: having four cocktails that aren’t the same kind of liquor should never be followed by two games of beirut. I would’ve posted earlier today, but I spent the majority...
I Represent Queens, She Was Raised Out in Brooklyn.
Over the past two months and a week, I’ve moved around a lot. I went from a college dorm on Long Island, to Connecticut, to Seattle, to Europe, and back to Connecticut. Today I moved (temporarily) to the lovely Borough of Queens, which Wikipedia says is on pace to take over Brooklyn’s title of most...
Internship: Days Fifteen + Sixteen
As I’ve told most of you, the big news this week is that casting just began for the MTV/Rolling Stone reality show I’ve been writing about. I had figured that, since it begins taping in June, casting had already been completed – but apparently I was wrong. The lucky contestants will be staff writers for...
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